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The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Burkina Faso is 76.80 while in Cote d'Ivoire it is 60.16.

This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.Source: CIA World Factbook

The life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso is 54.78 while in Cote d'Ivoire it is 58.01.

This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.Source: CIA World Factbook

The per capita consumption of electricity in Cote d'Ivoire is 169kWh while in Burkina Faso it is 42kWh

This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.Source: CIA World Factbook

Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Burkina Faso are $37.80 USD while Cote d'Ivoire spends $87.90 USD

This entry contains the per capita public and private health expenditure at purchase power parity using US Dollars. This figure combines government, personal, and employer spending on health careSource: World Health Organization

The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso is 1.00% while in Cote d'Ivoire it is 3.20%. 5,500 people in Burkina Faso and 31,200 people in Cote d'Ivoire die from AIDS each year.

This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.Source: CIA World Factbook

Cote d'Ivoire consumes 0.0462 gallons of oil per day per capita while Burkina Faso consumes 0.0210

This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.Source: CIA World Factbook

The GDP per capita in Burkina Faso is $1,500 while in Cote d'Ivoire it is $1,800

This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller.Source: CIA World Factbook

0.70 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Burkina Faso compared to 12.40 in Cote d'Ivoire

This entry contains the number of victims of an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data is originally sourced from either criminal justice or public health systems.Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

33 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Burkina Faso compared to 43 in Cote d'Ivoire

This entry contains the number of people in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees. Comparability is hampered by differences in local practice, including whether psychiatrically ill offenders are under the authority of the prison administration. People held in a form of custody not under the authority of a prison administration are not included in this figure.Source: International Centre for Prison Studies

The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Burkina Faso it is 39.50 while in Cote d'Ivoire it is 41.50.

This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100.Source: CIA World Factbook

The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso is 42.42 while in Cote d'Ivoire it is 29.25.

This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.Source: CIA World Factbook

More Information about Burkina Faso

With its 18,365,123 people, Burkina Faso is the
59th largest country in the world by
population. It is the 75th largest country in the
world by area with 274,200 square kilometers.

Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE came to power in a 1987 military coup and has won every election since then. There have been increasing protests over the belief that the president may try to run for a currently unconstitutional third term in the 2015 presidential elections. Burkina Faso's high population growth and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the majority of its citizens.

Languages spoken: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population

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